This is a table, people eat on it, this is a chair, they sit on it.. One of the tasks of a designer is to make familiar objects take on an unusual form, while retaining their functionality. Get ready, below we will show you 12 chairs about which your guests will ask “what is this ?!”.
1) Shopping trolley
One day, designer Frank Schreiners went to a supermarket and saw caring parents rolling their children in carts. And then I saw a group of students who, for fun, rolled each other in them. And Frank realized - a chair in the form of a shopping trolley - that's what people are missing! Well, I made a copy, more fit for a seat.
2) Swivel chair
Ineke Hans, on the other hand, has taken a fresh look at swivel chairs. Instead of following the long-familiar path of spinning office chairs, they made a wheel chair. The chair and vehicle are functional. The head is only spinning and it is uncomfortable to hold on.
3) Fused stool
Tom Price didn't really care about design and comfort when he designed this chair. He did not draw projects, did not draw drawings with millimeter precision. He took a bunch of plastic tubes, stapled them together, and then melted the seat. The anatomical shape of the stool is guaranteed.
4) Explosive chair
For the first time using "explosive technology", Furniture Manufacturer Arco solved several problems at once. Firstly, each of their chairs is at least slightly different from the previous one, and secondly, the need for point design has disappeared, and thirdly, the design of pyramids, which are stuffed by hand using small explosions, turned out to be very unusual
5) Ball chair
These chairs should be at the bar for sure. Four balls - seat, backrest and two armrests. From a distance, they resemble a model of the solar system, and are called accordingly Solar System Contemporary Chair. And although the picture gives the opposite impression, witnesses say that it is a pleasure to sit on it.
6) Sad teddy bear
Matti Klenel is very fond of toys and teddy bears in particular. Judging by the picture, green and sad gigantic bears are especially fond of. In such a "toy" an adult will easily fit, and even for children, on whom this chair is designed, there is no space at all.
7) Racing chair
Designer Marcel Breuer loves racing and Formula 1 in particular. Unfortunately, he does not have the opportunity to design a car for some Ferrari - there are enough craftsmen without him. But making a chair on wheels is easy for him. All you need is steel, nickel-plated wheels, a reed seat, and black, red, blue, or green fabric - and voila, your racing chair is ready.
8) Sound cabinet
But James Owen cannot imagine his life without music. As, however, any normal teenager - it is designed for them and its development. Two speakers and a subwoofer built into the cabinet are powered by batteries or mains. It is not difficult to connect the cabinet to your music system. A few of these pedestals will allow you to turn a room into a dance club.
9) Spring furniture
The Finnish trinity, who called themselves Anteeksi, so wanted the early approach of spring that they created a collection of furniture, which they called - "Spring". True, the collection includes only a table and a chair, and what relation they have to spring is not very clear, but swinging on springs that this furniture has instead of legs is a pleasure.
10) Incomprehensible chair
Brad Ascalon's chair could have been featured in our last review - the polished steel it is made of has excellent reflectivity. In addition, you can put discs, books and other nonsense that always lacks space in the holes. In general, the chair is multifunctional and meets our main requirement - it does not look like a chair at all.
11) Chair for negotiations on a mobile phone
For Swedish designer Stefan Borselius, privacy comes first. If you get a call and want to keep the conversation private, cover yourself with a plastic cover that absorbs sounds. Or you can just drink coffee in silence.
12) Children's chair for drawing
Charlotte Friis has a restless child who loves his markers very much, and especially - to draw with them on any surface. After a little thought, Charlotte found an ingenious solution - she put her child on a 500-meter roll of paper and allowed him to draw on it. The child was delighted.